Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
Contact
Mr Jon Collyns
Jon.Collyns@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 7775703930
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
22096 2023 Archaeological Fieldwork Services for Cambridgeshire County Council
Reference number
DN638384
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71351914 - Archaeological services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
As a developer, the council and its agents have obligations towards mitigating the impact caused by its projects on the historic environment. This includes the need for archaeological investigations. This framework ensures the most productive and cost-effective suppliers of commercial fieldwork services are available to the council
It is anticipated the value of this framework will range between £2.5m and £3.5m, depending on the requirements of the County Council and the Greater Cambridge Partnership throughout the term of the framework.
This requirement is not split into Lots, as the Authorities require 3 individual providers to service this requirement, for ease of management and to drive efficiencies.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £2,500,000 / Highest offer: £3,500,000 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71351914 - Archaeological services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH - East of England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority proposes to enter into a framework agreement with 3 providers for an initial period of 36 months with the preferred bidders, with an option to extend for 12 months, making 48 months in total.
All work under this framework shall be awarded via one of 2 routes:
by approaching the provider who finishes in 1st place in the initial framework evaluation, and then if they are unable to service the requirement approaching the 2nd placed bidder and so on, or
Running a further competition where all providers shall be invited to submit a project specific proposal for a discrete piece of work.
In the event such further competitions take place, the responses shall be evaluated 60% on the quality element and 40% on price.
The anticipated framework commencement date is mid-October 2023.
It is difficult to predict the exact value of this contract as it shall be extensively used by the Greater Cambridge Partnership (https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/) and is open to all public bodies within Cambridgeshire, and Authorities’ requirements are likely to vary over the contract term, but it is estimated that the total value will not be less than £2,500,000 or greater than £3,500,000.
The above figures are calculated by allocating the estimated (but not guaranteed) spends of Cambridgeshire County Council (or customers using the services of the Council) equating to approximately £625,000 pa, with an allowance of an additional £1,000,000 in total (also not guaranteed) from other bodies accessing this framework
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The Authority proposes to enter into a framework agreement with 3 providers for an initial period of 36 months with the preferred bidders, with an option to extend for 12 months, making 48 months in total.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-018046
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17 October 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
34A Storeys Way
Cambridge
CB3 0DZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Mortimer Wheeler House 46 Eagle Wharf Road
London
N1 7ED
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxford Archaeology
janus house osney mead
Oxford
OX2 0ES
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £2,500,000 / Highest offer: £3,500,000 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
Clare.Ellis@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom